H. Res. 590 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 21, 2014. 

Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union for further consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 4435) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 

year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part A of the 

report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

resolution. 

(b) Each further amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in 

the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 

Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 

to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

the Committee of the Whole. 

(c) All points of order against the further amendments 

printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of 

the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer 

amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 

part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments 

en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 

controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be 

subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 

for division of the question in the House or in the Committee 

of the Whole. 

SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 

the House with such further amendments as may have been 

adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 

on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
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intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

without instructions. 

SEC. 5. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 

order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3361) to reform 

the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use 

other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, 

counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

waived. In lieu of the amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary and 

the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed 

in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. The 

bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of 

order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

bill, as amended, and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate, with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

Judiciary and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Se-
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lect Committee on Intelligence; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 6. The Committee on Appropriations may, at any 

time before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, file privileged 

reports to accompany measures making appropriations for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk.